Posts Tagged ‘brown university health’
Medical interventions for Parkinson’s add years of better life – G. Wayne Miller, Ocean State Stories
Medical interventions add years of better life to people living with Parkinson’s disease – G. Wayne Miller, Ocean State Stories
Read MoreNewport Hospital Birthing Center Advocate Cassie Voll Receives National Community Hero Award
Newport Hospital Birthing Center Advocate Cassie Voll Receives National Community Hero Award
Read MoreCoalition Rally at State House Pushes Long-Term Commitment to Brown Health’s Newport Birthing Center
A State House rally highlights the next fight over Newport’s birthing center—long-term funding and stability—just days after plans to close it were reversed.
Read MoreImproving Glioblastoma (Brain Cancer) Treatment. Brown University Health Researchers Uncover Key
A groundbreaking study from Brown University Health researchers has identified a crucial factor that may help improve treatment for glioblastoma, one of the most aggressive and common forms of adult brain cancer. The findings, published November 10 in Cell Reports, reveal how differences among cells within a single tumor influence the cancer’s response to chemotherapy,…
Read MoreBrown U Health Spine Center Enrolling Patients in Groundbreaking Lower Back Pain Trial
Taking Aim at Lower Back Pain: Brown University Health’s Comprehensive Spine Center the Only New England Location Enrolling Patients in Groundbreaking Trial  Brown University Health’s Comprehensive Spine Center teams at Newport Hospital and Rhode Island Hospital are currently enrolling volunteers for a groundbreaking Phase 3 clinical trial aimed at helping individuals suffering from chronic low…
Read MoreNEW Urgent Care Opens Today in Barrington – Brown University Health
TODAY is the opening of the latest Brown University Health Urgent Care Facility. The facility will open with a ribbon-cutting at 9:30am at 236 County Road, in Barrington. Here is their announcement: Olivier Gherardi, DO reviewed when to go to an Urgent Care – and What Urgent Care Centers treat: Our urgent care centers were…
Read MoreSanta Flies In to Deliver Cheer to Children at Hasbro Children’s Hospital
As we greet this day, this Christmas day, with all its hopes, memories and prayers for the future – we remember those who spend time doing for others, and those in need of a well-timed Ho-Ho-Ho, a smile, a gift, some hope. Santa hopped in his chopper for a special trip, bringing lots of holiday…
Read MoreAll Brown University Health Facilities in RI and MA Move to Status Yellow Today; Masks Required
Due to high community transmission rates of influenza and other respiratory viruses, Brown University Health will move to respiratory virus status yellow across all facilities (RI and MA), effective Thursday, December 18, 2025. Under Status Yellow, Level 2 surgical masks are required for patients, visitors, and staff during direct patient care. Staff must wear a…
Read MoreExpanded Virtual, Intensive, Short-Term Mental Health Care for RI, MA adults at Brown University Health
Blended Program Offers More Specialized, Expanded Services Brown University Health has brought together its adult partial hospital programs at Newport and Rhode Island Hospitals to form the Brown University Health Partial Hospital Program. Fully virtual, the evidence-based treatment delivers intensive, short-term mental health care to adults across Southeastern New England. A partial hospital program (PHP)…
Read MoreSpecial Election Open for RI Medicare Advantage Members Impacted by Brown University Health Action
Governor Dan McKee and the Office of Healthy Aging announced that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) have approved a two-month, special election period for Rhode Island Medicare Advantage subscribers whose insurance coverage was impacted when Brown University Health terminated its contract with UnitedHealthcare. The State has been advocating for this special election…
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